CAMEROON VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	34,705	5	11,199	+ 23,506
Coronary Heart Disease	2	27,408	6	10,695	+ 16,714
Diabetes Mellitus	3	25,733	11	5,468	+ 20,266
Kidney Disease	4	14,686	13	5,140	+ 9,546
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	12,103	1	19,694	- 7,592
Prostate Cancer	6	10,370	34	940	+ 9,430
Road Traffic Accidents	7	10,052	9	7,810	+ 2,242
Lung Disease	8	9,736	20	2,310	+ 7,425
Hypertension	9	9,668	22	2,035	+ 7,632
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	8,769	31	1,157	+ 7,612
Violence	11	6,818	24	1,666	+ 5,152
Liver Disease	12	6,421	14	4,531	+ 1,890
Inflammatory/Heart	13	5,804	33	986	+ 4,818
Breast Cancer	14	4,690	23	1,874	+ 2,816
Stomach Cancer	15	4,037	45	458	+ 3,580
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,889	43	569	+ 3,320
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,717	18	2,474	+ 1,243
Lung Cancers	18	3,445	51	301	+ 3,144
Low Birth Weight	19	3,168	8	7,950	- 4,783
Skin Disease	20	2,978	48	324	+ 2,654
Other Injuries	21	2,718	16	3,289	- 571
Suicide	22	2,653	19	2,333	+ 320
Parkinson's Disease	23	2,556	46	449	+ 2,107
Lymphomas	24	2,411	44	489	+ 1,922
Cervical Cancer	25	2,185	26	1,582	+ 603
Falls	26	1,940	27	1,235	+ 705
Asthma	27	1,767	25	1,619	+ 148
Drownings	28	1,718	29	1,178	+ 540
Alcohol	29	1,703	57	198	+ 1,506
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,491	12	5,258	- 3,767
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,485	52	290	+ 1,195
Epilepsy	32	1,311	38	867	+ 445
Malnutrition	33	1,213	28	1,218	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	989	40	754	+ 235
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	844	3	11,849	- 11,005
Leukemia	36	815	54	275	+ 540
Liver Cancer	37	745	37	875	- 131
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	725	49	323	+ 402
Fires	39	611	36	908	- 298
Oesophagus Cancer	40	578	59	135	+ 443
Ovary Cancer	41	576	50	303	+ 274
Birth Trauma	42	570	7	8,243	- 7,673
Oral Cancer	43	567	39	845	- 279
Tuberculosis	44	538	10	7,414	- 6,877
Uterin Cancer	45	375	60	75	+ 300
Drug Use	46	353	35	928	- 575
Maternal Conditions	47	340	17	2,615	- 2,275
Other Neoplasms	48	335	63	49	+ 286
Meningitis	49	269	15	3,441	- 3,172
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	241	68	26	+ 216
Appendicitis	51	207	61	72	+ 135
Encephalitis	52	203	58	187	+ 16
Dengue	53	109	73	0	+ 108
Multiple Sclerosis	54	82	64	41	+ 41
Poisonings	55	48	41	666	- 618
Tetanus	56	39	55	223	- 184
Syphilis	57	35	30	1,170	- 1,136
War	58	31	42	643	- 612
Upper Respiratory	59	23	70	19	+ 4
Hepatitis B	60	11	47	336	- 325
Schistosomiasis	61	9	53	288	- 278
Chlamydia	62	8	72	4	+ 4
Pertussis	63	6	21	2,288	- 2,282
Ascariasis	64	2	65	30	- 28
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	27	- 26
Otitis Media	66	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	26	- 26
Skin Cancers	68	0	56	204	- 204
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	62	65	- 65
Schizophrenia	73	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	32	1,028	- 1,028
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	71	10	- 10
Malaria	81	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Leishmaniasis	82	0	69	20	- 20
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	2	13,888	- 13,888
Trichuriasis	85	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	77	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

Saint Lucia

Cameroon

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.